ICDP EVENTS
November 30, 2010
November 30, 2010
Since 2002, every 30 November, the Community of Saint Egidio organizes in collaboration with the World Coalition against the Death Penalty the Cities for Life/Cities against the Death […]
November 19, 2010
November 19, 2010
Professors and students, scholars and the general public, the young and the less young, all of them attended this years’ World Philosophy Day which was celebrated […]
October 23, 2010
October 23, 2010
On 20-23 October 2010, the Afro-Asian Philosophy Association Conference 2010 took place in Mumbai. The event was held under the theme “Moulding Individual and Corporate Life […]
October 7, 2010
October 7, 2010
On 7 October 2010, the International Commission against the Death Penalty (ICDP) was established in Madrid. In the founding declaration of the ICDP, the Commissioners – […]
November 21, 2011
November 21, 2011
On 18 November, Robert Badinter was awarded the Medal of Cesare Beccaria for his constant fight against the death penalty. The ceremony was held at the […]
October 17, 2011
October 17, 2011
On 13-14 October, Kigali was the venue of the Regional Conference on the Abolition and/or Moratorium on the Execution of the Death Penalty. The conference was […]
October 17, 2011
October 17, 2011
On 17-19 October, the First International Conference on the Death Penalty in the Greater Caribbean has taken place in Madrid. It was organized by the Community […]
October 15, 2011
October 15, 2011
In November 2011, a series of events will take place in Vienna in order to draw attention to the history of the death penalty in Austria, […]
June 27, 2011
June 27, 2011
With the motive of the award of the Beccaria Medal to Professor Roger Hood for his longstanding work on the abolition of the death penalty, see […]
May 6, 2011
May 6, 2011
The African Commission on Human and Peoples´ Rights held its 49th Ordinary Session between the 28 of April and the 12 of May in Banjul, Gambia. For […]
April 14, 2011
April 14, 2011
On 14 April 2011, the President of the International Commission against the Death Penalty, Federico Mayor, gave a speech as a keynote speaker during the spring session […]
April 13, 2011
April 13, 2011
On 11 April 2011, the International Academic Network for the Abolition of the Death Penalty (REPECAP) and the International Society for Social Defence, Fondazione Centro Nazionale […]
March 25, 2011
March 25, 2011
On 24 March 2011, Ruth Dreifuss, Member of the ICDP and former President of Switzerland, accompanied by the Secretary-General of the ICDP Asunta Vivó, met with […]
November 28, 2012
November 28, 2012
On the occasion of the International Day of Human Rights and in the framework of the 30th Anniversary of the Human Rights Centre of the University of […]
October 9, 2012
October 9, 2012
On the 9th of October, on the occasion of the World Day against the Death Penalty (10 of October), ICDP hosted a public debate with members […]
October 4, 2012
October 4, 2012
The International Commission against the Death Penalty welcomes the European Union event, Abolition of the death penalty – Ten years of joint efforts. The panel was cosponsored […]
July 17, 2012
July 17, 2012
The International Commission against the Death Penalty (ICDP) was invited by the United Nations to participate in a panel discussion on “Moving away from the death […]
October 23, 2013
October 23, 2013
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in cooperation with the Ministry of Justice of the Kingdom of Thailand organized an expert […]
October 10, 2013
October 10, 2013
Panel discussion: Parliamentarians, a critical force in promoting the abolition of the death penalty The International Commission against the Death Penalty (ICDP) jointly with the Inter-Parliamentary […]
September 26, 2013
September 26, 2013
ICDP delegation participates in the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting 2013, Warsaw, Poland
An ICDP delegation was invited to participate by the OSCE on 2 October when it conducted a Working Session (Session 15) which focused on the Rule […]
July 25, 2013
July 25, 2013
In July 2013 ICDP Commissioner Ruth Dreifuss met with a delegation of Chinese academics and legal practitioners led by Mr. Song Yinghui, Vice Dean, College for […]
June 21, 2013
June 21, 2013
The Council of Europe organised a roundtable on ‘Belarus – Religion and Death Penalty’ in Minsk on 21 June 2013 as part of the discussions to […]
June 15, 2013
June 15, 2013
ICDP’s delegation was led by its President Federico Mayor and included Commissioners Robert Badinter, Hanne Sophie Greve and Rodolfo Mattarollo. In addition to participating in Roundtables […]
May 30, 2013
May 30, 2013
The International Network of Academics for the Abolition of Capital Punishment has organized a conference on 11 June to prepare for the 5th World Congress against […]
May 15, 2013
May 15, 2013
The 5th World Congress against the Death Penalty will take place in Madrid from 12 to 15 June 2013. More than 1,500 people from over 90 […]
February 25, 2013
February 25, 2013
The International Commission against the Death Penalty (ICDP) held a high-level side event with senior representatives from the government’s of Norway and Spain, the UN Deputy […]
February 22, 2013
February 22, 2013
On the 22 of February, Helsinki Spain in organizing a university conference on the death penalty in Madrid. The President of the ICDP Mr. Mayor will […]
December 21, 2014
December 21, 2014
ICDP Commissioner Ioanna Kucuradi participated at the 3rd Jakarta Human Rights Dialogue on Rights to Life and Moratorium of Death Penalty in the ASEAN Region (JHRD) […]
October 16, 2014
October 16, 2014
ICDP Commissioners observed the World Day against the Death Penalty by participating in events organised in Geneva, Beirut and Madrid. Please read our statement. For further information:Article […]
October 9, 2014
October 9, 2014
On the occasion of the World Day Against the Death Penalty, the EU Delegation and the Permanent Mission of Italy to the UN in Geneva will […]
October 1, 2014
October 1, 2014
On 25 September, the United Nations (UN)’s Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights held a high-level event during the 69th session of the UN […]
June 19, 2014
June 19, 2014
On 18 June 2014, the International Commission against the Death Penalty (ICDP) organized a high-level Side-Event on the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the Second […]
April 11, 2014
April 11, 2014
ICDP Commissioner Ioanna Kuçuradi participated in the side event “Combatting Torture and Abolishing the Death Penalty in the OSCE Region: two sides of the same coin?” that took […]
February 27, 2014
February 27, 2014
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) organized a High Level Panel Discussion on the Question of the Death Penalty, on […]
February 25, 2014
February 25, 2014
UN Human Rights Council event on International Actions with the view to abolishing the death penalty
On the occasion of the high-level segment of the Human Rights Council, the Permanent Missions of Algeria, Argentina, France, Italy, Mexico, Norway and Switzerland and the International […]
December 4, 2015
December 4, 2015
On 6-8 December, the University of Oslo and the Universities against the Death Penalty Network is organizing the 3rd Oslo International Symposium on Capital Punishment and […]
November 16, 2015
November 16, 2015
The European Union, in cooperation with the British High Commission and the International Commission against the Death Penalty,organized a Caribbean regional conference consisting of keynote speeches […]
September 23, 2015
September 23, 2015
On 8 September 2015, ICDP President Mr. Federico Mayor, Honorary Commissioner Mr. Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, President of ICDP Support Group Ambassador Vilardell and ICDP Secretary […]
March 23, 2015
March 23, 2015
On 20 March 2015, ICDP President Mr Federico Mayor met Pope Francis in a private audience at the Vatican and discussed issues related to the abolition […]
March 14, 2015
March 14, 2015
On 4 March 2014, ICDP Commissioners Mr Mohammed Bedjaoui and Ms Ruth Dreifuss participated in the first Biennial high-level panel discussion organized by the UN Office […]
March 14, 2015
March 14, 2015
On 5 March, President Mayor participated in the “III Session on the death penalty” organized in Madrid by Helsinki Spain. Mr. Mayor spoke about “Abolition of […]
December 10, 2016
December 10, 2016
ICDP Commissioner Hanne Sophie Greve participated at a conference titled ”Abolition of the Death Penalty and Public Opinion” which was organized by the Council of Europe […]
November 21, 2016
November 21, 2016
To mark the World Day against the Death Penalty, ICDP Commissioner Ruth Dreifuss participated in an event organized by the EU Delegation to the UN in […]
July 6, 2016
July 6, 2016
From 21 to 23 of June, ICDP participated in the 6th edition of the World Congress against the Death Penalty that took place in Oslo, Norway. […]
April 26, 2016
April 26, 2016
ICDP held, on 25 April 2016 in Madrid, the Official Signature Ceremony of the Founding Act of ICDP as an organization according to Spanish law. Participants […]
September 3, 2017
September 3, 2017
ICDP President Federico Mayor Zaragoza participated at the closing ceremony of the Madrid Summit. This International Human Rights Conference organized by the WorldPride Madrid 2017 Organizing […]
October 4, 2018
October 4, 2018
On the occasion of the World Day against the Death Penalty on 10 October, ICDP is organizing a panel discussion at Casa Arabe, Madrid at 19.30h […]
January 29, 2018
January 29, 2018
On 25 January 2018, the International Commission against the Death Penalty (ICDP or Commission) co-organized a round table panel discussion titled “Dead Man Walking: culture of […]
January 18, 2018
January 18, 2018
On the occasion of the premiere of the opera of “Dead Man Walking” (26 Jan), the International Commission against the death Penalty (CIPM), in collaboration with […]
June 23, 2019
June 23, 2019
On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Commission Against Death […]
March 10, 2019
March 10, 2019
A delegation of the International Commission against the Death Penalty led by President Judge Navi Pillay participated in the Seventh World Congress against the Death Penalty […]
February 20, 2019
February 20, 2019
ICDP will participate in the 2019 “Jornada Universitaria sobre la Pena de Muerte” organized by Helsinki Spain on Friday 22 February.. For further information, please see attached.
February 20, 2019
February 20, 2019
On the occasion of the 7th World Congress against the Death Penalty,the International Commission against the Death Penalty (ICDP), is organising a side event, “How States […]
December 11, 2020
December 11, 2020
To celebrate Human Rights Day, the International Commission against the Death Penalty will host a webinar on 14 December 2020. The event will be special as 2020 marks the tenth anniversary for the Commission, which was founded in October 2010 in Madrid
December 10, 2020
December 10, 2020
A week of live/interactive on-line panel discussions or events were organized by the USA NGOs death penalty action, Indiana abolition Coalition, Journey of Hope, Terre Haute death penalty Resistance and the Social justice Workers on the issue of “Human Rights in Crisis: The US Federal Execution Spree”
November 30, 2020
November 30, 2020
On November 30 of each year, the Day of Cities for Life - against the Death Penalty commemorates the first abolition of the death penalty in 1786 by the Grand Duchy of Tuscany
November 30, 2020
November 30, 2020
On the 13 October 2020, on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of ICDP, a high-level meeting with respected personalities from the Support Group Member States took place virtually on the invitation of the Minister of Foreign European Union and Cooperation of Spain Arancha González Laya. The meeting was also an opportunity to celebrate and commend Kazakhstan for its recent accession to the Second Optional Protocol
November 4, 2020
November 4, 2020
On 5 November, ICDP participated in the webinar "Death penalty: from application to a universal moratorium", organized by Ensemble Contre le Peine de Mort
October 26, 2020
October 26, 2020
On 23 October, Executive Director Asunta Vivo participated in a Virtual seminar on "La Pena de Muerte en las Americas: ¿Un Problema del Pasado?"
December 10, 2021
December 10, 2021
On 9 December 2021, the International Commission against the Death Penalty (ICDP or Commission) received the prestigious 2020 North-South Prize of the Council of Europe. ICDP was represented by Commissioner Marta Santos Pais in person
December 9, 2021
December 9, 2021
On 8 December 2021, The Norwegian Centre for Human Rights and the Research Group on Human Rights, Armed Conflicts, and the Law of Peace and Security organized a conference on international, regional and national efforts towards ensuring the abolition
November 19, 2021
November 19, 2021
On November 23, 2021, Executive Director Asunta Vivó participated in the Conference on the Death Penalty (Jornada sobre la pena de muerte) organized by Helsinki Spain
November 3, 2021
November 3, 2021
On 2 November, ICDP Commissioner Marta Santos Pais had a productive meeting with Executive Secretary of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP), Dr. Zacarias da Costa
October 28, 2021
October 28, 2021
Executive Director Asunta Vivo Cavaller will participate in the OSCE- ODIHR's webinar "The road to abolition of the death penalty in the OSCE region"
October 8, 2021
October 8, 2021
On the occasion of the World Day against the Death Penalty, Director of Policy Rajiv Narayan participated at the Institute for Crime Justice Reform ( ICJR) Research Dissemination webinar
July 1, 2021
July 1, 2021
On 1 July 2021, ICDP held the 16th Meeting of its Commissioners. The Meeting was held online due to restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic
June 30, 2021
June 30, 2021
ICDP Commissioner Marzuki Darusman participated in the two-part report launch "Investigating attitudes to the death penalty in Indonesia". The research was commissioned by The Death Penalty Project
April 19, 2021
April 19, 2021
ICDP Commissioner Marta Santos Pais will participate in the International Conference on the Death Penalty organized by the Portuguese Presidency of the EU. The International conference will take place on 4 May
February 19, 2021
February 19, 2021
ICDP Commissioner and former President of Mongolia Tsakhia Elbegdorj participated on 23 February in the biannual high-level panel discussion on the question of the death penalty during the 46th session of the Human Rights Council
November 11, 2022
November 11, 2022
The International Commission against the Death Penalty (ICDP or Commission) undertook a mission to Lilongwe, Malawi between 29 October and 3 November 2022
October 11, 2022
October 11, 2022
On 10 October, on the occasion of the 20th World Day against the Death Penalty, Commissioner O’Malley participated in a well-attended public event at the Bolívar Hall in Casa de América featuring a panel co-organized by the ICDP, the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, EU and Cooperation titled “The Death Penalty in the Americas”
September 30, 2022
September 30, 2022
The International Commission against the Death Penalty (ICDP or Commission) participated in a high-level side event tititled 'Pathways to Moratorium on the Use of Death Penalty
July 12, 2022
July 12, 2022
On 22 July 2022, ICDP participated in a webinar on human rights and the promotion of good practices in Spain and Kyrgyzstan, organized by Casa Asia and the OSCE Academy in Bishkek. Executive Director Asunta Vivó discussed the events leading up to abolition in both countries
July 4, 2022
July 4, 2022
The Permanent Missions of Uzbekistan in Geneva organized a roundtable on Constitutional Reforms: Ensuring Human Dignity and Human Rights on 4 July 2022 on the margins of the 50th session of the Human Rights Council. ICDP Vice President Ruth Dreifuss participated in the roundtable discussion
June 29, 2022
June 29, 2022
On 29 June, ICDP co-organized with Australia a side event at the sidelines of the Human Rights Council consisting of a panel discussion with presentations of the international human rights legal framework providing for the abolition of the death penalty for those children
June 24, 2022
June 24, 2022
On 24 June 2022, ICDP co-organized with Kazakhstan a side event at the sidelines of the 50th Human Rights Council consisting of a roundtable on lessons learned by countries from national experiences in the global campaign for a universal abolition of death penalty
May 20, 2022
May 20, 2022
On 19 and 20 May 2022, the ICDP Secretariat was invited to the International Congress against the Death Penalty: Opinio Iuris and International Law, an event organized by the Network for the Abolition of the Death Penalty and Cruel Punishment